The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2)Hill, Rowland, Sir
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The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Hill, Rowland, Sir
Hill, Rowland, Sir, 1795-1879; Postal service -- Great Britain -- Rates
Goulburn, Mr., vol. i. 350, 439, 446, 455, vol. ii. 5, 14, 33, 358;
motion against Penny Postage, vol. i. 351;
"talks nonsense," 436, 490;
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 441, 443;
suspends Mr. Baring's minute, 452;
appealed to by R. H., 454, 456-459, 463-465;
does not answer R. H.'s letters, 465;
dismisses R. H., 466-471;
publishes garbled correspondence, 482;
condemns R. H. for publishing the whole correspondence, 485;
excuses his own conduct, 488;
answered by Mr. Baring, 489
Gould, Mr., vol. ii. 268
"Grace Dogger" packet, vol. ii. 312
Graham, Sir James, vol i. 473;
has Mazzini's letters opened ("Grahamizing"), vol. ii. 28;
packet-service account, 238
Granville, first Earl, vol. i. 410;
second Earl, his speech on the parliamentary grant to R. H., vol. ii.
398, 399;
present at his funeral, 431
Grasset, Mr., vol. ii. 93
Graves, Mr., vol. ii. 347
Gravesend, vol. i. 282
Gray, Dr., vol. ii. 29
Greeks at Hazelwood, vol. i. 171, 172
Green, Mr. J. R., vol. ii. 356
Greenock, vol. i. 260, 527, vol. ii. 148
Gregory, Mr., Evidence before Railway Commission, vol. ii. 283;
report on tubular conveyance, 337-339, 489
Grenfell, Mr. P., vol. ii. 17
Grey, Earl, vol. ii. 244
Grote, George, interest in Hazelwood School, vol. i. 172, 173;
a supporter of penny postage, 263, 279
Guarantee, mutual, vol. ii. 307
Guards, mail, vol. i. 161, 453, vol. ii. 89, 257
Guest, Dr., vol. i., 12, 55
Gunboat, French, vol. i. 38
Gunpowder, vol. i. 242
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Habeas Corpus Act suspended, vol. i. 22, 139;
damned in ignorance, 144
Hagley, vol. i. 62, 97, 134
Hall, Captain Basil, vol. i. 173;
Describes Hazelwood in "Edinburgh Review," 122;
letter to R. H., suggests gummed envelopes, 418
Hampden, John, vol. i. 1
Hampden Club, vol. i. 139
Hamburg, treaty with, vol. i. 382
Hardinge, Viscount, vol. ii. 222
Hardwicke, Earl of, vol. ii. 213, 228, 229, 238, 358;
Postmaster-General, vol. ii. 203;
a disciplinarian, 204, 207;
"two kings in Brentford," 205, 209;
"intends to be Postmaster-General," 206;
dinner party, 207;
peculiar spelling, 210;
patronage, 211;
dislike of "Hill's book-post," 245
Hare, Mr. Thomas, vol. i., 24, 223
Harmony, New, vol. i. 206
Harness, Colonel, vol. i. 452
Harrowby, Earl of, vol. ii. 149
Hatchard, Mr., vol. ii. 190
Hawes, Mr. (Sir Benjamin), vol. i. 483;
interest in Penny Postage, 288;
a member of the Ministry of 1846, vol. ii. 37;
induces R. H. to accept appointment, 41, 216, 461;
R. H.'s letter to, 43, 166, 437
Hayter, Mr. (Sir William), secretary to the Treasury--R. H. and he "get
on swimmingly," vol. ii. 114;
the Sunday question, 114, 117, 118, 121, 154;
learns from R. H. the abuses as to promotion, 184;
forgets his own regulations--R. H.'s letter to him, 299;
Post Office Mutual Insurance, 305
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